"It can't go on like this, first Kovelpati, then Tiruchichiraboli, now Nagai Koyle! In three months, we lost three cities, fifteen large factories, and countless houses. If this continues, the entire East Coast will be blown up by Daming! ”

In the huge office in Bombay City, Wu Sangui is like a tiger in a cage, constantly pacing. As he walked, he roared violently.

"There is no way to stop the Ming army's air raids now, unless we develop the corresponding weapons." A deep voice rang out from the couch, it was Dolgon, who had fled to India with Gurdan.

"Dr. Newton would have developed it." Wu Sangui glanced at Dolgon, although he was a little dissatisfied with this Jurchen Tartar, but this guy was indeed talented. If it weren't for Li Xiao's combat power being too much, maybe he would have become a generation of heroes.

"The other day I went to see Dr. Newton's anti-aircraft rockets, which hit a maximum of two thousand meters. If you go any higher, you will be affected by the wind and deviate significantly from the target. This is something that cannot be helped, the higher you go, the stronger the wind. According to the observation of our signal soldiers, the flight altitude of the Daming airship is about 3,000 meters.

Dr. Newton said it was probably because their bombs were so powerful that they flew a little higher to avoid risk. Dolgon didn't seem to see Wu Sangui's eyes, and continued to talk to himself.

"Wu! The only way to do this is to get our airship out as soon as possible, and there are now good mechanics in England who can do precision machining. I think it's time to improve our relationship with the homeland. If we continue like this, we will lose local aid.

You look at the Indians out there, you can't do anything with them. They will just sit cross-legged on the ground all day and pray in the hope that they will be reincarnated to go to heaven. As the spokesman of the royal family in India, George was very uncomfortable between Wu Sangui and the native British nobles, and persuaded Wu Sangui to reconcile with the English mainland at every opportunity.

"I wanted to reconcile, but their asking price was too high. With the tax rate drawn at 30 percent, what is left of our Dominion? What do I use to raise so many soldiers, and what do I use to make weapons and equipment to resist Li Xiao's attack on India. Wu Sangui was a little angry.

"Wu! It turns out that Indian soldiers, even with advanced weapons, cannot win battles. This time in the Battle of Mumbai, it can be seen that the grassroots officers are all commanded by us English, and the combat strength is obviously different. In the case of backward weapons, some units could even defeat the Ming army.

But you see, an army made up entirely of Indians. Even the more sturdy Gurkhas, they could not even win against the diminutive Wakhas. Indians are not a warlike nation at heart, and India was not a complete country even before the arrival of our British.

Let's face it, Wu! We need high-quality officers at home, and we need high-quality skilled workers at home. We need local scientists like Dr. Newton to provide them with home.

With these people, we have a chance to defeat Li Xiao.

The entire east coast can no longer be saved, and the ironclad ships of the Ming Dynasty will soon come to the west coast to cruise. Our naval power is simply not able to compete with them at the moment. Once India is besieged, even if you want to reconcile with the mainland, the mainland will not be able to support you.

Could it be that you are counting on the supplies and personnel to come to India through the territory of the Arabs and Persians? In that case, it won't be a year. George tried his best to persuade Wu Sangui to change his mind.

"More than 30 percent is too high, you know where we are."

"Wu! Money is negotiable, and the Dominions of North America are making trouble. I heard that it is also for the issue of tax rates, and the parliament will definitely give in. Otherwise, the British Empire would not have been able to sustain itself by following the methods of the Dominions of North America. ”

"Humph! The Dominions of North America are the brains of the Legislature. Just let them clean up! Li Xiao's hand was really long enough, and he actually sold arms to the Dominion of North America. Now, the British army is losing ground there. It is believed that it will not be long before the Dominion of North America will be completely withdrawn. Wu Sangui was a little gloating.

"Maybe keep Toronto, I've been there, and the people there are still peaceful. But withdrawing troops from the Dominions of North America would also be good for us. I can persuade Her Majesty to send troops to India. After all, India's output is much higher than that of the North American Dominions. Believe me, Her Majesty will agree to my proposal. ”

"Well, I can pay sixteen percent tax rate, that's the bottom line. You go talk to the old men in the council, and if they agree, I'll turn it in on time. However, they need to send officers and workers, professors from Cambridge and Oxford. Help us withstand Li Xiao's attack! ”

In desperation, Wu Sangui could only compromise with reality.

It is true that an army under the command of an Indian officer is more effective than an army composed of pure Indian soldiers. This is even more true of the navy, which is operated entirely by British sailors, and can usually be tied with the Ming fleet. Even if they are fast and have advanced weapons, most of the time they can't bargain too much.

But it was a warship operated entirely by Indians, and in general, it was difficult to come back after leaving the port.

"Far from water, it can't be dissolved! How far is India from England? Mr. George's round trip will take half a year! But the problem we encounter now is how to resist the Ming Dynasty's attack on us.

All the factories along the southeast coast are dangerous. And there can be no garrison! The Ming army did not continue to land and attack us, because they were undermanned. This is the news that my people have brought back from Daming, who is now building railways and highways on a large scale.

They wanted to build a bridge over the Yangtze River to completely connect the north and south of the Ming Dynasty. They also want to build a railway from Guanzhong to Chengdu, so that the land of Bashu will have closer ties with the mainland.

The northern provinces, which were the first to be attached to Li Xiao, have begun to popularize education. Many schools were built, all children could go to study, and the imperial court paid all the expenses. The imperial court even handed out pens and paper, books and a meal to eat at school at noon.

And Daming is still ......! ”

"Okay, what the hell are you going to say?" Wu Sangui glanced at Dolgon very dissatisfied, if it weren't for the fact that there was a shortage of people under him, he would really want to beat this Jurchen Tartar.

"All of this I said costs money. Lots and lots of money! So I estimate that Daming is now focusing more on domestic development rather than outward expansion.

In other words, the benefits they have gotten are already too many, so much that they can't swallow them now. Therefore, Li Xiao lacked the funds to fight with us. The capture of the island of Ceylon should be the only military operation in at least five years.

If we let Li Xiao survive five or even ten years smoothly, Daming's science and technology, military, wealth and talent will be upgraded to a higher level. When the time comes, we may not even have the strength to fight a battle. How to make good use of the time of about five years is the key to whether or not you can defeat the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Shhhh......h Wu Sangui gasped, Dolgon was right. Once Da Ming passes through this rising period safely, then his power will continue to expand. At the same time, Daming will also need more resources. Search

Resources include a variety of mineral deposits, but also a larger workforce.

In these years, most of the maritime trade was the import of various Ming industrial manufactured goods from Xinjiapo by Western merchants. In addition to wine and some rare mineral deposits, the only thing that the West exported to the Ming was the slave trade.

Slaves from Egypt and Africa were being shipped to the Ming Dynasty to fill the huge trade deficit.

According to the news from the internal work of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty imports almost 200,000 slaves every year. All of them were placed in the mines or as coolies for the construction of railways and roads.

The increase in factories has led to a significant shortage of coal and other resources. Those who were assigned to the mines worked more than 15 hours a day, with no day off throughout the year. Sick people do not receive any medical treatment, and they are usually buried alive or thrown into boilers and burned to ashes.

In the words of fine work, those mines in the Ming Dynasty are hell on earth. For the sake of production, the overseers did everything they could. They will divide the food in a competitive way, and the side with the smaller production will only get very little food.

Even able-bodied Egyptian and African laborers rarely survive more than two years without food and rest. This is also the reason why Daming workers have not been enough over the years.

The natives of the Ming Dynasty were abducted into the mines, and if they were known by the government, they would be cut by a thousand knives. But these laborers are only a matter of a few silver coins in Daming. Spurred on by high profits, the owners of the mines do not take the lives of their laborers seriously. A few miners died, just go to the port city and buy some more, it's not a big deal.

Due to the appearance, almost no one could escape. The Ming people caught the fleeing laborers, and they could go to the mine owner to ask for a reward.

It can be said that the Ming Dynasty is now thriving under the national strength, and what is stepping on is a lot of white bones.

There is such cheap coolies, coupled with a huge trade surplus. The Ming court actually makes a lot of money every year!

Most of this money was used to build roads, factories, railways and other facilities. If Da Ming is allowed to exploit the world like this for another ten years, God knows what Da Ming can develop. Anyway, Wu Sangui knows that India will definitely not be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

India is lost! What to do on your own? Where else do you want to run?

Native Britain? Those in the council will pass the bill to hang him at the first time.

"Dolgon, what do you say?"

"There are several ways, one is to attack the merchant ships of various countries sailing out of Xinjiapo. This, of course, would offend most of the European countries and the Arabs and Persians. However, in this way, it will seriously hit the export of Daming commodities, so that they cannot use commodities to grab money all over the world. ”

No one picked up the stubble, and no one accosted him. This matter is a bit tricky, and if Wu Sangui does this, the UK will definitely not agree. After all, you still have to mix in Europe. Offended all the neighbors, and how did life go.

"The second point is that you can continue to compete with Li Xiao for the Ili River Valley. Forcing the Ming to invest more in military spending! Military spending is one more silver coin, and what is invested in the country is one less silver coin. Moreover, even if the Ili River Valley is contested, there will not be much actual output. It's just that the strategic position is more important!

The third point! It was to completely withdraw troops on the east coast and lure the Ming army to land. As soon as they land, we can engage them in a protracted tug-of-war. ”

"Tug-of-war? What's in it for us? "George thinks it's incredible, it's either lose or win, what's the deal with a tug-of-war? The Ming Dynasty needs to spend money to fight a war, so does it mean that India doesn't spend money to fight a war?

"There are many benefits to a tug-of-war on the East Coast, and the tug-of-war airships will not continue to attack our cities, but will instead attack the front-line troops.

We were fighting in India, and the logistical supply lines were quite short. Ammunition and guns are produced from factories and can be sent to the front in a short time. But the Ming army couldn't, their guns and ammunition needed to be transported from the country. Even if you set up a factory in Xinjiapo in the future, it will take at least seven or eight days to sail.

Moreover, with Li Xiao's temper, he would never set up factories overseas in this kind of secret military industry. The longer the transportation supply line, the more money the Ming would have to spend. You can see how far it will take to transport supplies from Daming to India, and how far our transportation and supply lines will be.

The Ili River Valley and the Eastern Front were the two wounds that kept bleeding on the body of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Listening to Dolgon's words, George and Wu Sangui's hands kept comparing on the map. Indeed, both of these sites are quite far away from the Ming mainland. The difficulty of securing the supply of a large army was understandable only to the Mongols.

"If these two are just small wounds, then this is a knife to the heart." Dolgon placed his hand on the Tibetan Plateau.

"The topography of the Ming Dynasty is high in the west and bottom in the east, whether it is the Yangtze River or the Yellow River, all originate there. At that time, the Tang Empire was so huge that they set up two protectorates in the Western Regions, Anxi and Beiting. The immigrants in the Western Regions are tall and millions!

But because of the Anshi Rebellion, the internal friction in Datang was serious. Tubo took the opportunity to cut off the narrow Hexi Corridor, which directly led to the inability of the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty to connect. In just a few decades, millions of Han people were slaughtered.

Now Li Xiao has sent troops to the Western Regions, and his influence has reached as far as the Ili River Valley. As long as we occupy the plateau, swoop down from top to bottom. It is completely possible to cut off the supply of the Ming army in the direction of the Ili River Valley, as long as their supply line is broken, our army will not hesitate to pounce on them and eat them!

Kill tens of thousands of Ming troops at once, it's no wonder that Li Xiao doesn't fight with us. As long as he is desperate, hehe! Daming had to stop the construction of the mainland and continue to fight a tug-of-war with us. The little bit of national strength that Daming has accumulated over the years will also be exhausted in the tug-of-war. When they are exhausted, that's when we settle the ledger with them. ”

Wu Sangui and George glanced at each other, and they both saw a glimmer of light in each other's eyes.

"Competing with a huge country like Daming, we will not necessarily win. Even if we boil Daming to the end of the lamp, I'm afraid we won't be much better. ”

"Huh! Competing with Daming, what we pay is just India's manpower. In other words, even the Indians are dead. We still have the British Empire behind us, as long as we achieve the final victory, successfully occupy and rule the Ming Dynasty. Then we have it all! ”